AI-assisted summary Colorado coach Deion Sanders has faced numerous personal and professional challenges in the past six months. Sanders affirmed his commitment to overcoming adversity and turning the football program around. The team is now starting freshman quarterback Julian Lewis for the remainder of the season. In the past seven months since April, Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has endured ...

AI-assisted summary The Los Angeles Rams remain at the top of the power rankings after winning five consecutive games. Denver’s defense is on pace to set a single-season sack record, while Philadelphia’s defense has held top offenses to single-digit points in recent weeks. The Tennessee Titans are the first team eliminated from divisional championship contention this season. NFL power rankings entering Week ...

The Houston Texans are forging ahead with their contingency plan at quarterback ahead of a crucial ‘Thursday Night Football’ matchup against the Buffalo Bills. For the last two games, the Texans have turned to backup Davis Mills to lead the offense with starter C.J. Stroud still in the concussion protocol. Mills helped Houston escape with vital wins against AFC South ...

AI-assisted summary The Big Ten is considering a $2.4 billion private equity investment, which has caused a dispute within the conference. A University of Michigan regent has suggested the school could consider football independence if the deal proceeds without unanimous approval. Michigan and USC have objected to the proposal, citing concerns over conference autonomy and payout structures. Could Michigan football ...

AI-assisted summary The SEC is criticized for scheduling non-conference ‘breather’ games late in the season while other conferences play tougher matchups. This scheduling practice is seen as a way for SEC teams to gain a competitive advantage before major rivalry games and the postseason. Samford. Eastern Illinois. Mercer. Western Kentucky.  Here we are, smack in the middle of Every Game ...

A lucky team just might reel in Kyle Tucker for half the price of Juan Soto. That’s still no bargain, though Tucker may be poised to deliver value – relatively speaking – to his new club. One year after Soto set a new salary standard in North American sports by signing a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York ...

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz called the recent killings of Christians in Nigeria ‘genocide wearing the mask of chaos.’ Waltz made the remarks Tuesday at an event hosted by the United States Mission to the United Nations that spotlighted religious violence and the killings of Christians in the most populous African nation. ‘There is a body of ...

Nearly two dozen House Democrats defied their party leaders’ wishes Tuesday to vote in favor of rebuking a progressive lawmaker for what critics called an unfair move to tip the scales in his district’s next election. The House voted to pass a resolution of disapproval against Rep. Jesús ‘Chuy’ García, a measure that was led by one of his fellow ...

This 12-team College Football Playoff will be living on borrowed time if 10-win teams from Big Ten, SEC start getting rejected. USC upsetting Oregon would start to overcrowd the playoff bubble. Lincoln Riley once burned bridges. Can he now burn down a playoff? Lincoln Riley could burn it all down. Southern California’s coach could take a blow torch to the ...

Oleksandr Usyk, the two-time undisputed heavyweight champion from Ukraine, has decided to give up one of his title belts. The World Boxing Organization announced on Monday, Nov. 17, that it had received formal communication from Usyk’s team confirming he is relinquishing the WBO Heavyweight Championship he won more than four years ago. Fabio Wardley of Great Britain has been elevated ...